Six persons including a couple, three children and a teenager, died in a roof collapsed in the Walled City of Lahore. The house was situated near the Taxali Gate.
The incident occurred after the wall of a house fell on their neighbour’s roof, according to the rescue authorities. Resultantly, the house collapsed, leaving the deceased and four other women, identified as Ateeqa, Kinza, Mehwish and Hina, under the debris. The four women were rescued in injured condition and shifted to hospital. One person, Ishtiaq, escaped the incident unharmed. He, however, lost his three sons in the accident.
The deceased were identified: as 60-year-old Javed, his 48-year-old wife Rubina, their three nephews, seven-year-old Hassan, five-year-old Zaigham, and four-year-old Ayan, and Amna, 16. Amna had come with her family from Gujranwala and was staying with Javed and his family.